[ [142] A herb of powerful soporific qualities. Shakespeare couples it with "poppy" in Othello:—
"Not poppy nor mandragora, Nor all the powerful syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday."
[ [143] Old ed. "truce." The correction is Collier's. Dyce reads "trench."
[ [144] Scene: a square in the city.
[ [145] Lower.
[ [146] Old ed. "to kept."
[ [147] The scene shifts to the Governor's house.
[ [148] I.e. "intend'st."
[ [149] Large cannons.
[ [150] See vol. 1, p. 67, note 2.